Hey all, I regret to have to post this (as I hate to back out of things) but due to a very large purchase (see
here) I won't be able to make the get together at Buckshot's house.

I really want to go, so I hope you guys can understand and don't hate me.

On a posistive note, I have not yet cancelled our reservations for hotel rooms. I have 2 rooms at the American Inn, Rick referenced in the initial post.
I have spoken with the American Inn, and they are willing to transfer my reservation to anybody that I tell them to. It will require you to send me a PM me with your name, and I will let the American Inn know this info and PM you my reservation #. You can then call them with your credit card # to hold the reservation.
I have 2 non-smoking rooms reserved. 1 has a king bed and is $52 a night, the other has 2 queens and is $60 a night. The first to PM me gets the rooms, and the first gets the choice of which room they want. Again, this will be on a first come, frist serve basis.
If nobody has PM'ed me by Friday @ midnight I am going to cancel the rooms. Please be patient with my response as I work during the day and cannot check in here until probably after 8pm. I will try to PM the winners, and will post here so others will know if they need to look elsewhere.
Please remember that this is a busy weekend for Des Moines and hotel rooms are not easy to find. So I want to be fair to the hotel and other non-CEG'ers that may need a room.
I wish I could go, but at least maybe somebdoy that didn't have a room and wanted to go, the oppourtunity to go.

Ready, set, PM away!